Peripheral intramonocytic leishmanias in an AIDS patient.
J Clin Microbiol
; 30(12): 3284-5, 1992 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1452718
ABSTRACT
Intramonocytic leishmanias were unexpectedly observed in blood smears of a Spanish AIDS patient. In immunodepressed patients from exposed countries, careful microscopic examination of blood smears should be requested by the clinician in cases of prolonged fever, and biologists must be informed that leishmanias may be fortuitously observed in the peripheral blood.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
HIV-1
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Limits:
Adult
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Clin Microbiol
Year:
1992
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France